Next Creators

Alex Shalash has 25 years of software experience and has worked at previous companies like Accenture with an MSc in Physics and MBA from London Business School. In this episode Alex talks with Sasha about: 

• Growing up in Ukraine

• How web3 is an enabling technology like credit cards

• Solving the chicken and egg problem in web3 adoption

• Building large-scale experiences with MetaEngine

• Why the metaverse will be more like Wikipedia than Facebook

Episode links: 

Alex Shalash: https://twitter.com/alexshalash

MetaEngine: https://www.metaengine.gg

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Sergey Zasorin is founder of Realis Network, a platform for launching mobile games using blockchain for a mainstream audience. Helping bridge traditional gaming ideas with the integration of blockchain, NFTs, and DeFi. In this episode Sasha talks with Sergey about: 

• Being a professional poker player in South Korea

• What is the target retention rate for a mobile game

• Creating a gaming economy that exists outside of the game

• Prioritizing action over research 

• Keeping the marketing and user experience development in-house

• Working efficiently in programming pairs 

Episode links: 

Realis Network: https://realis.network/

Sergey Zasorin: https://twitter.com/exlead

Legends Of Listeria: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.game.moba.realis.battle.royale

Crypto Dragons: https://dragonmerge.page.link/cryptodragons

Crypto Cats: http://mergecat.page.link/cryptocats

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Andreas Kobal is CTO and Valentin Sotov is Product Owner at Ailand, a decentralized platform that allows users to create and sell games, and virtual goods, communicate and play with other users, and own their virtual property. In this episode they talk with Sasha about: 

• Integrating AI chat into virtual worlds

• NEAR vs Ethereum  ecosystem

• Pivoting to an AI-focused virtual world

• Finding your metric for success

• Advice for other web3 founders 

Episode links: 

Ailand: https://ailand.app

Andreas Kobal: https://twitter.com/AndreasKobal

Valentin Sotov: https://twitter.com/InfinityNear 

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Ben Kurrekis is co-founder of Keypom, a tool to help onboard users through a simple user experience. Previously he was co-founder at Fayyr, a digital marketplace for artists to support social impact through their work. In this episode Sasha talks with Ben about: 

• The first business he started in university 

• The importance of hackathons

• Balancing coding with biz dev and marketing for your product

• Access keys as NFTs

• Building Keypom as a public good

• Advice for founders in web3

Episode links:

Keypom: https://keypom.xyz

Ben Kurrek: https://twitter.com/ben_kurrek

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Eugene Kitkin is founder of Bearverse, a free-to-play multiplayer competitive game. He was previously the founder of a cryptocurrency mining company, and digital producer. In this episode he talks with Sasha about:

• The importance of iterative shipping every month

• Extending your company's runway

• The three types of apps the Google Play features

• Using AI tools to build games

• How to get feedback from users

• Building a game with day one retention rate of 82%

• Creating your own opportunities as a founder

Episode links:

Bearverse: https://bearverse.com

Bearverse Discord: https://discord.gg/5VX2hFXmJ5

Eugene Kitkin: https://twitter.com/e_kitkin

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Jonathan Myburgh and Edward Chew are creators of Meteor Wallet. They met through Tinker Union. Edward also previously worked at one of the largest e-wallet companies in Asia. In this episode Sasha talks with Jonathon and Edward about: 

• Difference in people who use a wallet for coins versus applications

• Making tasks less boring to do in a wallet

• Conveying trust to users in web3

• What is Tinker Union? 

• Go-to market strategy for a wallet

• Advice for founders

Episode links: 

Meteor Wallet: https://meteorwallet.app

Jonathan Myburgh: https://twitter.com/yohjono

Edward Chew: https://twitter.com/r3ktdegen

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Neil Haran returns as a guest to talk about his new project Rep, a web3 social network for gamers on NEAR Protocol. Rep allows games and apps to engage with their community through NFTs they find in AR via airdrops or scavenger hunts. He is also the CEO of Rawbots, an online sandbox game where players can build and enhance their own robots as they explore the online universe. In this episode Neil talks with Sasha about: 

• Why NFTs and AR are a perfect combination

• Allowing game developers to connect with gamers and their community to engage back with them

• How Rep can increase the visibility of games in the NEAR Ecosystem

• The best web2 gaming concepts to bring to web3

• Advice for new gaming founders

Episode links: 

Rep: https://rep.run

Neil Haran: https://twitter.com/realneilharan

Rawbots: https://www.rawbots.org/

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Petr Volnov is co-founder and CEO of HERE wallet, one of the most user-friendly wallets on NEAR Protocol. HERE wallet is a mobile non-custodial wallet for NEAR Protocol with non-blocking staking.  Petr graduated from ITMO University, one of the top universities in Russia. In this episode Sasha talks with Petr about: 

• What started him into entrepreneurship 

• How to make it easy to onboard users

• The biggest challenge in creating a crypto wallet

• How he found his co-founders

• His favorite hackathons

• State of fundraising in Fall of 2022

Episode links:

HERE Wallet: https://herewallet.app/

HERE Wallet discord: https://discord.gg/8Q3gw3gsD2

HERE Wallet iOS App: https://appstore.herewallet.app/site

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Chlo is founder of Carv, a company building ID infrastructure focused on gaming allowing you to take all your moments in one place. Chlo has worked on games like PUBG Mobile, Apex Legends and has worked with streamers like PewDiePie. In this episode Chlo talks with Sasha about:

• Growing up with a family of entrepreneurs

• Who is the typical gamer in web3

• Creating a gaming identity you can bring to any game

• Building a indie game versus a large budget game

• Advice for fundraising during a down market

Episode links:

Carv: https://carv.io/home

Carv Discord: https://discord.gg/KCtjhUpXn2

Carv Twitter: https://twitter.com/carv_official

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Serge Faguet is a serial tech entrepreneur and a prominent thinker in the Web3 space. To date he has personally raised more than $100m of capital, and has co-founded numerous breakthrough tech companies including TokBox, Emerging Travel Group and more. In this episode he talks with Sasha about: 

• Building the first video chat program in the browser

• Creating a startup in the US versus Russia in early 2010s

• What identity means in web3  and why it's a big opportunity for entrepreneurs 

• Solving the cold start problem in Web3

• Advice for entrepreneurs 

Episode links:

Identix: https://identix.space/

Serge Faguet: https://twitter.com/sergew1

Medium articles: https://medium.com/@sergefaguet

Telegram channel (in Russian): https://t.me/Faguet

Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH

Human Guild: https://humanguild.io